This go me thinking that I wanted to have the monastery filled with internal conflict at both a petty level as well as the leadership level. I also wanted the monastery to be in the maelstrom of the external world.

Establish the Entity’s Attributes

Influence - how the entity is perceived/interacts beyond their domain.

Sovereignty - the entity’s control over their subjects and domain.

Means - resources that can be leveraged to action; wealth, military might, spy network, etc.

Table 1: Entity Relationships - Influence, Sovereignty, Means

Rank

Influence

Sovereignty

Means

-4

Pariah, Outcast

Fall is eminent

Impoverished, insolvent, mutinous

-3

Shunned

Leads in name only

Deeply indebted, demoralized

-2

Ridiculed

Strongly opposed

Shaken, heavily taxed, indebted

-1

Distrustedm

Disrespected

Meager, Over committed

0

Heard

Obeyed

Bases are covered but nothing more

1

Trusted

Respected

Some excess capacity

2

Persuasive

Revered

Excess capacity and capabilities for securing more

3

Finger in every pot

Infallible

Owed numerous favors, abundant capabilities

4

"Puppetmaster"

"God"

Incomprehensible

Establish the Entity’s Relations

For any of the above organizational relationship categories, write each of the named entities in a line. It is the author’s recommendation that you put “obviously related” entities immediately adjacent (i.e. King and Royal Vizier).

For each named entity, roll 4dF and lookup the result:

Negative - connect the entity to the next entity in the line

Zero - connect the entity to the next entity in the line (as above) but also if an entity further down the list has no connections, connect to that entity.

Positive - do all that you would for a zero result and if another entity further down the list has no connections, also connect to that entity.

Each connection represents an established relationship between the two entities.

Optional Relationship: Draw a connection from the last entity on the list and the first entity.

Define the Relationship (Optional)

Table 2: Defining the Relationship between Entities

d8

Vice

Virtue

1

Lust

Chastity

2

Gluttony

Temperance

3

Greed

Charity

4

Sloth

Diligence

5

Wrath

Patience

6

Envy

Kindness

7

Pride

Humility

8

Roll 2 times

Roll 2 times

Each established relationship between a character/organization is defined by one or more vices or virtues. Roll 1d8 and lookup the corresponding Vice/Virtue.